Bithūr,Bithurtown, south-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, northwest of KānpurKanpur, on the Ganges (Ganga) River. Bājī RāoBaji Rao, peshwaof the MarāṭhāsMarathas, established his court at Bithūr Bithur after the British deposed him in 1818. In 1857 the British levelled the town and blew up the temple and palaces in retaliation for Bājī Rāo’s Baji Rao’s adopted son’s part in the Indian Mutiny. The town’s ruins are an important Hindu holy place. The principal object of worship is a footmark believed to be that of the god BrahmāBrahma. The epic RāmāyaṇaRamayanais said to have been composed there. A large religious festival is held annually. Pop. (1991 prelim.2001) 79,565652.